Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1926-06-17, Page 6BUSINESS CARDS "f1V'ELLTNOTONIVIUTUAL ,.FIRE . INSURANCE, `CO, w Established z$40, Head Office; Guelph, Ont, disks taken on all classes of Inver- •IIFnee at 'reasonable rates. ABR COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND `REAL ESTATE ' P. 0. Box 36o Phone 240 WINGHAM, - - ONTARIO DUDLEY HOLMES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Victory and Other Bonds. Bought and sold. Office --)Meyer Block, Wingham R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC, Money' to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons. • Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office Over H. E. Isard's Store. W R. HAMBLY B.S., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bact- eriology and Scientific Medicine. Office in the Kerr Residence, be- tween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap- tist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone 54. P. 0. Box 113. .Dr. Robt. C. Redmond M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lund.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholm's old stand. DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone 29, Dr. Margaret C. Calder General Practitioner Graduate University of Tonto Faculty of Medicine Office Josephine St., two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. J'elephohes: Office 2811 Residence 151 F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence next to :Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment Hours -9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Osteopathy Electricity Telephone 272. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS Members C. A. 0. Graduates of Canadian ' Chiroprac- tic College, Toronto. Office in Craw- ford Block, four doors north of Post ;Office. .Hours 2 to 5; 7 to 8.30 p. m. and by appointments. Special appointments made for those coming any distance. Out of town and night calls re- sponded to. , Phones:—Office, Soo, Residence re. on hoz. J. ALVIN FOX DRUGLESS PRACTIONER CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Phone I91. ° ' Hours I0-12 a.ni,, 2-5, 7-8 p. m. or by appointment. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR MASSEUR .Adjustments given for diseases of all kinds, specialize, in dealing with children. Lady attendant, Night Calls rtesponded, to. Office on Scot' St,, Wingham, Ont. in the house of the late Jas. 'Walker. Telephone 750., rrrllrl'rlrll"I,Mrrll Y��II"VIII,I,Y171ti111tl311,(,YiYl,011"lll llpiilrnt. Phones: Otfice ao7!..'<esict, 224 : - : J. WALKER , ,FURNI TD.RE DEALER •:..• and - F'Ula'ERAL DIRECTOR 11otof Equipment VfI NC+HAllI, W ONTARIO u1,1eieirrrrlrrYi'lrrirllreeto5'eaceeterr ertileo rriYentil.• 1 WINGHAM 4 VANCBeTIMES And putting two and two. together I should say he fell in with t is" China- man whose story's told in the Lon- don papers to -night. The ;her two are no doubt accomplices --we don't know who they are, .. yet,' And. .. where's the Chinaman?" "That's what we've been asking our- selves," I answered. "Well—we've got these three, any- way," he said, with a glance, at his two companions. "They're safe! Now Mr, Cranage, you take Mie; Manson, Home—and all three of you come back here at half -past ten in the morning, These men will be brought up and remanded and after that well, there'll be some more for the newspapers, and a fine tale, too!" We went away. We toole Peggie home to Manson Lodge; teen I took Peyton .home with me to Renards- mere House. Next morning we all went back to the police-court-at-Malle ant; there were the three men in the dock: silent, watchful—but the leader, despite his good looks, • seemed more evil and sinister than ever. A little evidence from two or three of us, and they were remanded and carried off ; under a strong guard. We all went home again -Peyton with me. And' that day nothing happened, and the next day nothing happened. But on the third morning when I opened the newspaper the first thing I saw was a mass of big black type, which slow- ? ly resolved itself into this:— Another mysterious murder!—Well- known London solicitor found stabb- ed to death in his own office! CHAPTER XIX The Fourth Murder It needed no more than one glance at the letter -press which followed af- ter these glaring headlines to show me what had happened.'' I knew, be- fore I rad One word more that I should see a name there. . , .and there the name was— PENNITHWAITE! I don't mind confessing that this knocked me over in far worse fash- ion than anything that had transpired up to that moment. It was the stig- gestion of secrecy that did it—mur- der, secret and intangible, stalking like an impalpable thing rather than in a material form. Before I read a line further, I had a vision of that big, solemn room in the old house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. . . the prim, elderly man of law.. .the whole at- mosphere of papers and parchment. , . the orderliness of. the place, as if some fussy, precise old maids tidied it every day. .. the quiet, regular beating of the clock on the mantel- piece, with a picture of Some Lord Chief Justice over it, in his full robes and wig. . and .. and it faded in- to another. . . of the same prim, eld- erly man, so meticulously fastidious inhis personal appearance, so evi- dently strict about the arrangements around him, lying across his desk, in a pool of his own blood . . ,knifed! Pennithwaite! The fourth murder —the fourth victim! And—the next? For, although three of his undoubted associates or instruments were safely locked and bolted in at Portsmouth Gaol, the Chinaman was still at lar- ge. Before I read anything, I knew that this was his work. 'chile the other three had tried bullying and co- ercion on me to get at the secret of my mission from Lady Renardsmere to Mr. Pennithwaite, he, left in 'Lon- don, had ferreted Pennithwaite out for. himself.. . , and here was more copy for the newspapers! Ita w s onlybig b y a big effort that I could control niy nerves sufficiently to hold the newspaper steadily before me. And I had to give that up; it shook and rattled so much in my hands that the lubes of type ran to- gether: I had to lay it down •on the table close by-, -gird bend e and over it. There was not a great deal to read, and it seemed to rime that not , one. word came which I could not have anticipated. Fust this: "Another mysterious and terrible murder, apparentlyy the fourth of a series, planned and executedwith al- most diabolical cunning, was discov- ered yesterday morning, when Mr. Pennithwaite, a well-known solicitor, Having an extensive connection amongst tattled, families, was foetid stabbed to death in his private tooixi at his office in Lincoln's Inn Yields. The facts 'of the case, as so far given by the police authorities, are, ott the surface; very simple. It appears that Mr. Pennithwaite,' an elderly man, and a bachelor, whose private rest., (twice is, at Seven„ Oaks, had a bed room at his offices which he . used when occasionally staying' the night iii, town, On, :Tuesday evening he told the caretaker of ,tie offices' that Itis should stay in toyer' that bight and ordered • d leis bedtiotri, tcj be Made : res• at six o'clock, aid then gave some in-, �,structions aboq'f leaving out certain [papers on his desk for his.considera tion later in the evening. According to the caretaker, Mr.. Pennithwaite, after his clerks had left, went out toy dine at his club; it has been ascer- tained by the police that he did dine there, ,and remained, there until ten o'clock. Some of his fellow members who have been seen on the subject say that he was in his usual good health and spirits. The caretaker at Lincoln's Inn Fields saw hint come in dy. H -e was seen by his head -clerk at about half -past ten; he bade the caretaker good -night and 'went into his private office; the caretaker heard ;him lock the door. The bed -room used by Mr. Pennithwaite on then occasions opens out of the private of fice, there is no other way into it Yesterday morning,- when the clerk assembled at the usual time, frog nine to ten o'clock, Mr. Pennithwait had not come out of his. privet rooms, nor unlocked the door adrnitt ing to them. At half: past ten th head -clerk, having heard from ' th caretaker that' Mr. Pennithwaite wa certainly on the' premises, and having failed to get any response to repeated knockings, went'round to the rear o the,; building, and observed that .the window of the. bedroom was slightly open. He obtained a short ladder ands' getting into• the room went for- ward to the private .office. There he found M. Pennithwaite lying across his desk, dead,• in a pool of blood. He had evidently been stabbed. to death as he sat reading documents at his desk; the papers before him were saturated with blood a half - smoked cigar had fallen from his hand upon the carpet; on the desk stood a tumbler half -full of whiskey andwater: everything showed that he had been caught and struck down un- awares. Theeobject of the muderer was made plain from a mere glance i round the room, an apartment of con- siderable sizer Every;drawer in the desk had been...pulled out and rifled; the contents were thrown all over the floor. The murdered man's pockets had been turned out, too, where he sat;'in_one of the two safes in the room his keys were found dangling from the lock; the contents of the sa- fes were lying in confusion in front of them. There were numerous chests" and bureaus in the private -room; every one had been gone thou- gh systematically. Whether the mur- derer: succeeded in finding whatever it was that he sought for' is, of cour- se, not known, but there seems little doubt that he had managed to enter the private room while Mr. Penni:th- waite was at his club, that he murder- ed ed his victim immediately after "the latter's return, and that he spent Most of the night—the middle portion at any rate -in his road search. Nor is there much. doubt that this murder is co -related 'tR the murders of the three men, Holliment, Quartervayne and Nea1nore, and has been the work of at any rate one. member of a gang operating in a subtly secret manner. The only satisfactory feature of the situation at present is that the police believe that three members _of this gang are already under arrest on an- other charge and that they feel confi= dent that complicity in these murders will easily be proved against then. As regards the murder of Mr. Penn- ithwaite, however, there is not up to the time of writing the slightest clue as to the exact identity and .where- abouts of the murderer. The' most disquieting, feature of the case is the ease with' which he did his fiendish work and got clean away from the scene of his crime." Peyton. carie into .niiy room as I was finishing the last sentences of this. account, Silently I pointed to the headlines, and to the column which followed; silently,, he leant over my. shoulder'° and read the thing through for himself, while I re -read some •of. it,. And at the end we stood up and looped at each other. "The Chinaman!" he saidt;in, a low voice. "His world Didn't 1: say so? As long - as he's at large there'll be. murder," {As if'I didn't know that." said I. "And—who next," Be nodded' his head and' , sitting down began to fill his pipe, •'This,unfor•tunate old lawyer, now?" he asked, "Lady R.enardsmere's solie eitor, eh?" e "They did! -.-.having first 'forced it out of 'Walker, with their `revolvers, that he drove me there," I';' replied, "But,' of course, I didn't.know what was in the packet, so I couldn't tell then);." ,not on that line," he reinark- ed, "Pini on' this -those fellows were' collared and locked up before they could act on the information they ex- tracted from you, l3ut-Pennith- waste's been visited and murdered. Now then—is the Chinaman working on: lines of his own, or is it'just that he, being:left in London found out about Pennithwaite and lost up tinge in acting? Which?" "That takes some thinking out," I said, after a pause. "I think the Chinaman, must have remained. in London while the other three carne down here.•In a quiet:countryside like this, a Chinaman would be spott- ed at .once; in London—"' "Many of them in London?" he in- terrupted me to ask, "Quite a lot! Down in the East End, a great-„ many—Limehouse is China, to alk,;intents and purposes,"'I answered, "But these are Chinamen of the—I suppose—inferior classes. In s other, better quarters of the' town rr there are Chinamen. of superior class e —what we should call gentlemen: e What licks me about this particular - man, Chub. Sin—all the name I know e him by—is this: he's lost part of an e ear! Therefore. he's easily identifi-' e able. Where ,can he get? Where - can he put himself?—how does he keep in the' shadow?—that he hasn't f been pounced upon before now? Good 1ordl-a Chinaman, with the lo- be of his ear gone! --you'd have tliou- ght that the police would have comb- ed him out of all the ' Chinese -tin London, days ago!" "Yes," he said, nodding solemnly, "but your Chinaman is a past rnaster in all sorts of things that Western- ers can't understand. That fellow's fairly on the war -pith for this niy- . sterious article that he's after, and it's going to take a lot to stop him! My own opinion, of course, is that he didn't find it at Pennithwaite's. .And so--,, He paused, and Iooked at me throu- gh wisps of curling smoke. . . sig- nificantly. "Well?" I said. "The thing')) go on,' he remarked, laconically. "Holliment! That's one Quartervayne! That's two, Nea- more! That's three. Pennithwaite!» That's four. And five will be ...eh?" "For God's sake, man, whom?" I e.laimed, "This- is . , .." "Hell!" he assented. "Hell! But got to be faced. The next'll be Lady Renardsmere', I said nothing. Instead I sat star- ing at hien. I had 4ision of my queer old employer -digging the gar -- den. Lady Renardsmere , . (Continued next week) "Just so!" I assented. "The man to whom I carried the packet." "Which," he said, solen'fnly, 'rcon- twined, withotit r: doubt, the , thing, whatever h is, that this;,Chinanian is tnurderittg people to get hold of! Thbse fellows, the other night, got it ottt'of you `that :y'ori carried ' it to Pennithwa!te?" . BRUSSELS At the annual meeting of the Brus- sels Women's Institute, held in the public library recently, the following officers were elected: Honorary pres- ident, Mrs. Peter Scott; president, Mrs. ,R. J. McLauchlin; vice-presi- dents, Miss C, Downing and Mrs. G. R. 1Vl?uldoon; secretary-tretsurer, Miss E. M. Armstrong; assistant secretary, Mrs. A. H. Macdonald; district diree- tor, Mrs. G. H. Semis"; pianist, Mrs. Robert Thomson; assistant pianist, Mrs. A. Lamont; directors Mrs. J. Logan, Mrs. T. Ritchie, Mrs. W. W. Heer..is, Mrs. J. S. Armstrong, Mrs. R. F. Downing, Mrs. N. F. Gerry. The various reports presented show - ,ed that last year had been a very suc- cessful one. LUCKNOW Mr. and Mrs.. Chas. Foster and chil- dren, also Mr, and Mrs. Norman Ma- theson of Toledo were week end visi- tors with Mr. and Mrs. A. Mac - Carroll., Misses Gertrude Treleaven and Lorna Campbell are spending a• cou- ple of weeks in Toronto. Mrs. F. Malcolm is visiting frierlds in Toronton le a d,,Ca don. Mr. and Mrs, E. Aitcheson and fa- mily of Harriston, spent the .week -end, with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Aitcheson. rl:r, ID. C. Mc orran`visited this. week with his sister in Grimsby. The regular meeting of 'the Wo inns Institute :was held at the hoine GEORGE A. SIDDALL --->S "raker -- Phone 73. Lucknow, Ontario.. Money to lend on first and second mortgages on 'farn'1 and. otdier teal es tato properties at a reaeonable.'rate IA interest,also on first Chattel mortga-' ges oti stock and on ;'personal notes. A few farms on hand for sale or to rent do easy' 'terms. JAS. GICASOVRI -w-Agent CC'LROSS FIRE ]CR INSIURARCE ifsatfc 3tt a Good Sound ,Company l bit 0 Wingltant �C►stl. o of Mrs, R. Thonx sen on Friday af- ternoon, A report of the District Meeting held at Belniore was read. by Mrs. R, Thompsin, The Topic "The Art of Horne Malting" was taken by Mrs. D. 'Thompson. Musical part consisted of Instrumental by Mrs, Newton, instrumental duet by Misses Geddes and McMorran. At the close, of meeting lunch was served. Miss Mae' Davison and "-Mrs. 'H, Jewett, were in Detroit for a couple of days last week, going on the Grey- hound Excursion. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Webster of Toronto were here to attend the Webster picnic at Bayfield on. Satire day, The Lucknow Brass Band intend giving a band concert from 9 to io p, m., every Saturday evening during the summer months. Owing to .Anniversary , Services in Dungannon Presbyterian. Church, there was noevening service in Pres- byterian church. here, Quite a num- ber from here attended. The services we're taken by Rev, Macfarland of Clinton. The choir rendered special music and the male quartette from Clinton sang. NOTICE TO CREDITORS • Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 56,' Chap. 121, of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, that all persons having claims against the estate of Peter McLaren, deceased, who died on or about the twenty-third day of April A, D. 1926, at the Town of Wingham in the Province of Ontario, are requir- ed to send by post, prepaid, or tode- liver to R. Vanstone, Wingham, On- tario, Solicitor for the Executrix, on or before the twenty-eighth day of June, A. D. 1926, their names and ad- dresses, with: full particulars in writ- ing of their claims and the nature of the securities (if any)" held' by therm duly verified by a statutory declara- tion. And further take notice that after the ,said twenty-eighth day of June, 1926, the said executrix will proceed to distribute the assets+ of the said es- tate -among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she shall then have had notice, and the said executrix shall not be liable for the said assets or any part theeeof to any person of whose claim' she shall not then have received notice: �' DATED at Wingham this first day of June, A. D. 1926. R. VANSTONE, Wingham, Ont. Solicitor for the Executrix. TENDERSI'FOR COAL, Sealed tenders addressed to '.the 'Purchasing Agent, Department i 'of Public Works, Ottawa, will be receiv- ed at his office until 12 o'clock noon (dayllight saving), Tuesday, June 29, 1926, for the supply of coal for the Dominion Buildings throughout the Province of Ontario, including the City of Ottawa. Forms of tender with specifications and conditions attached can be obtain- ed from G. W. Dawson, Purchasing Agent, Department of Public Works, Ottawa; and R. Winter, 59-61 Victor- ia Street, Toronto, Ont. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the forms supplied by the Departme it and in accordance with departmental spe- cifications and conditions. The righeto demand from the suc- cessful tenderer a desposit, not ex- ceeding eo per cent of the amount of the tender, to secure the proper ful- fillment of the contract, is reserved. By Order,. S. E. O'BRIEN, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa,° Jniie z, 1926. MORRIS Mr-. and Mrs,` Robert Golley and family, r also Mr, Eli Casenlore, s;ht Sunday at Will Abraham's. Mrs. McDonald and son of Toron- to, also .Mr, and Mrs. George Case more of. Kansas City, 'Kansas, were visitors 'at Mr, Charlie Campbell's, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Casemore of Turnberry, also Mr. and Mrs. Will Robertson of Eelgrave, spent Sunday with Mrs. T. Abraham, Mi.. Ward Gray was in Goderich for a few days last week. . Weddings bells are ringing on the est, lime of,,Morris, FORDYCE Roadwork will commence' in this vicinity this; week. Mee Elliott Tay- lor Y for being the Paehmaster. Quite a number frotn this vicinity took in the moonlight excursion and trip to Detroit and report ort a ` grand p Mr. Joseph 'O'Callagliar'i o£ Detroit, spent a, couple of days ender the par- 'ent 1 roof( and rettrrtied -back , alit � •last week 11, Thursday, Jnne eeth„ 1926 When you see an elderly man eat- ing his dinner with the relish and enjoyment of a school boy, watch him help himself to Mustard. If it is not on the 'table, he will very quickly ask for it. Those who acquire the habit of eating Musfard—of keeping their digestion keen and their appetite young L show a decided preference for freshly mixed Mustard. Colman -Keen (Canada) Limited 1000 Amherst Street MONTREAL 410 Mr. Alex. Rintoul and Mr.. Cairn Aitcheson purchased a fine pair of young•' cows last week, one from Mr.. George Wallace and one from Mr. Samuel McBurney. Sorry to hear that Mrs. John Pat- terson who has not been, well of late and was improving nicely, has taken a bad turn and is not very well at the time of writing, We sincerely hope for her speedy recovery. Sorry to hear that Mr. James An- derson is not improving as well as the people in this vicinity would like to see him: Mr. and ars. James St. Marie, at- tended the funeral of their uncle who Mr. and Mrs. A. Havins and family died last week visited at W. M. 'Champion's on Sun- day last. \ Mr. C. F. Marti and Mrs. Daniel Martin, motored to . London for a couple of days last .week. nuanniessinniameesw Respecting Exchange Rates N all matters of foreign exchang&. our arrangements for keeping in. touch with the world's exchange mar kets assure you prompt service. Direct: wire connections with the large finan– cial centres enable us to quote the:. closest possible rates. WINGHAM BRANCH, J. A. WALLACE, Manager. • CHEESE Finest Canadian New 25C 1. with Pork AYLMERTina c RO re�ES 2 WIIt 9 COCOA /!b. Tin 22c CLARK'S 2 Tins2 ., FANCY QUALITY SHRIMPS 1 UTin BACON' Machine Sliced 45 lb. ORNFLAKES.3P:k2QUAKER MACARONI and SPAG�iETTI 3 ��• 25 SHELLED WALNUTS Atrtr. 231.. VICTORY r �E P 4 BRAND Lar e' Bottle, SOUR c SWEET MIXSb Me; D la IRl#SR KINS CIiOtV,. ONIONS BAYSIDE or AYLMER Choice E QualityA No. 4 Mit Nd. 3'Si:. Ne, x Site 16c - ' G 1� Fancy:,.}lead RCE' ihs.. 0 Christie's ARROWROOT BISCUITS 3 301. 1 Wonderfui %lino in TEAS .e RICSM IB r.a�I..O L, 91Y, $FLEC;�•+2 I�16. D.S.L. BULK 63,1 llr. Dominion Storni 1bMATCIF.s potiicet Sizec Z�i d CASTILE SOAP cake. 25 TMes-b ,.. Prices #n effect for *nit waek ihrd ,, . d.tib of EIr#s: a'ter',.t0